Buckle.



PATENTED JAN. 9, 1906.

P. T. WHITTED.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED NM26. 1905k UNITED STATES PAFFNT FFICE.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1906.

Application filed May Z6, 1905. Serial No. 262,484.

To all whom, it nmy 0071/0071771.-

Be it known that I, FELIX T. l/VHITTED, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wheetley7 in the county of St. Francis and State ofArkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to buckles, and more particularly to that typewhich employ a pivoted stud to engage the perforations in the strap.

It has for its object to produce a device of this character which can beeasily and quickly adjusted to any desired position, which will beeffective in operation, and which is at the same time simple and durablein construction.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of abuckle, showing it applied. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional viewshowing the buckle in a locked position. Fig. 3 is a detail perspectiveview of the separate parts.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The frame of the buckle comprises the side pieces 1, .which have theirends bent upward at 2 and connected by cross-bars 3. Lugs 4 extendupward from intermediate points on the side pieces 1 and are provided atsuitable places with openings 5 which serve as bearings for thethumb-lever 6. A stud 7 is attached to the thumb-lever and is adapted toengage the openings in the strap when in normal position. Anintermediate cross-bar 8 serves the double function of forcing the longline into engagement with the stud 7 and of serving as an attachingmeans for the short line 10.

In operation the short line is attached to the intermediate cross-bar 8and the long line passed between said cross-b ar and the thumbtighterwill be the engagement with the.

thumb-lever. The upturncd ends of the side pieces serve to throw the endcross-bars out of a tight engagement with the strap and permit same tobe easily slid through the buckle for adjusting purposes.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- A bucklecomprising straight side pieces having their opposite ends bent upwardlyin a similar manner and connected by crossbars, said side pieces beingprovided with upwardly-extending lugs having openings therein, anintermediate cross-bar located adjacent the upwardly-extending lugs, anda thumblever pivotally mounted in the openings in the before-mentionedlugs and provided with a stud adapted to engage with the openings in along line, the intermediate cross-bar performingthe double function ofholding the long line in engagement with the stud and of serving as anattaching means for a short line.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FELIX T. WHITTED.

